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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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